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A 1 OYOI A rKAPI I lON S) Nc! 1 1923 • "FOR A (.'■ R 1 A 11, R IQVOI.A" The Maroon VOL. 85, NO. 12 WWW.LOYOLAMAROON.COM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006 To cheat or not to cheat? By ALEX WOODWARD THE MAROON Just when students think the semester is over, finals week is there to greet them in the end. Most students spend quality time with their finals week, from studying in the library until closing to pulling all-nighters with a semester-long research paper. But for some students, finals week wants too much of a commitment and can tend to get clingy, especially when all students are looking forward to is a winter break. For those who can't give finals week a fighting chance, cheating can sometimes become a too easy and too convenient an option. Marcia Petty, vice president for student affairs, has* not dealt with any academic dishonesty this semester, and most students are familiar with the prenuptial agreement on their syllabus, specifically stating their professor's stance on academic dishonesty. Despite these standards, cheating on Loyola's campus does not go unnoticed. Students like English literature junior Becky Schattman are all too familiar with cheating on college campuses. "1 have had lots of classes where the professor just walks out and everyone takes out their notebooks," she said. "Sometimes they get busted, but you get what you deserve." According to Petty, situations like these would fall under the section titled "Conduct Unbecoming of a Loyola Student" in Loyola's student handbook. When it comes to handling these issues, the students are in the Finals week has the potential to inspire the worst in students, from cheating, to bogus excuses I MBMBM———■III I — PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX WOODWARD / THE MAROON Cheating and excuses can'become the easy way out for some students this time of year. Service shuttles around Uptown By ROSIE DAO THE MAROON Tulane's Associated Student Body and its Student Affairs Body instituted a Safe-Ride shuttle-van service that provides Tulane and Loyola students transportation to on- and off-campus locations in the Uptown area during latenight hours. It's meant to provide a safe environment and late-night safety to its students during weekends, according to The Tulane Hullabaloo. The shuttle operates Thursday through Monday between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. until the end of the fall semester. The shuttle route includes portions of St Charles Avenue, Broadway Avenue, Magazine Street, Jefferson Avenue and Napoleon Avenue. Students can flag down the shuttle-van labeled "Tulane Safe-Ride" with amber lights along its route and be dropped off at any on- or off-campus location. There are no designated stops. Students must provide a valid university ID prior to riding. The shuttle is free and limited to seven passengers a trip. It will not pick up or deliver students to any bars. The armed driver, provided by Admiral Security, will instead pick up at the corner nearest to the bar and may deny any STAFF GRAPHIC BY CATHERINE COTTON / THE MAROON English majors scramble for workshop seats By MAGGIE CALMES THE MAROON With more students taking the creative writing sequence, seats are in short supply Some English writing majors are frustrated at what they consider a shortage of English workshops available in Spring 2007, and many are asking why steps haven't been taken to increase accessibility. Though relatively small, the English writing sequence is one of the fastest growing concentrations on campus, with now more than double the number of students taking writing than those enrolled in the literature concentration. Loyola employs five professors who exclusively teach English writing classes, and the department is offering 10 writing courses in the spring. However, only five of the classes are creative writing courses, three of which are Introduction to Creative Writing. The others are courses like Expository Writing, Grammar and Language and Professional Writing. Megan Stabiler, an English writing junior, was one student who had trouble finding a suitable class for the spring. "When signing up for classes for Spring 2007,1 felt completely constrained as to what classes I could take," Stabiler said. "While creative writing is my major, I like to concentrate see FINALS, page 2 see SHUTTLE, page 4 see WRITING page 3 The Wolf Magazine 5 in this weeks Maroon low*****™ MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | LIFE & TIMES, page 6 | SPORTS, page 10 | EDITORIAL, page 14 | NEWS TIPS: 865-3535

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A 1 OYOI A rKAPI I lON S) Nc! 1 1923 • "FOR A (.'■ R 1 A 11, R IQVOI.A" The Maroon VOL. 85, NO. 12 WWW.LOYOLAMAROON.COM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006 To cheat or not to cheat? By ALEX WOODWARD THE MAROON Just when students think the semester is over, finals week is there to greet them in the end. Most students spend quality time with their finals week, from studying in the library until closing to pulling all-nighters with a semester-long research paper. But for some students, finals week wants too much of a commitment and can tend to get clingy, especially when all students are looking forward to is a winter break. For those who can't give finals week a fighting chance, cheating can sometimes become a too easy and too convenient an option. Marcia Petty, vice president for student affairs, has* not dealt with any academic dishonesty this semester, and most students are familiar with the prenuptial agreement on their syllabus, specifically stating their professor's stance on academic dishonesty. Despite these standards, cheating on Loyola's campus does not go unnoticed. Students like English literature junior Becky Schattman are all too familiar with cheating on college campuses. "1 have had lots of classes where the professor just walks out and everyone takes out their notebooks," she said. "Sometimes they get busted, but you get what you deserve." According to Petty, situations like these would fall under the section titled "Conduct Unbecoming of a Loyola Student" in Loyola's student handbook. When it comes to handling these issues, the students are in the Finals week has the potential to inspire the worst in students, from cheating, to bogus excuses I MBMBM———■III I — PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX WOODWARD / THE MAROON Cheating and excuses can'become the easy way out for some students this time of year. Service shuttles around Uptown By ROSIE DAO THE MAROON Tulane's Associated Student Body and its Student Affairs Body instituted a Safe-Ride shuttle-van service that provides Tulane and Loyola students transportation to on- and off-campus locations in the Uptown area during latenight hours. It's meant to provide a safe environment and late-night safety to its students during weekends, according to The Tulane Hullabaloo. The shuttle operates Thursday through Monday between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. until the end of the fall semester. The shuttle route includes portions of St Charles Avenue, Broadway Avenue, Magazine Street, Jefferson Avenue and Napoleon Avenue. Students can flag down the shuttle-van labeled "Tulane Safe-Ride" with amber lights along its route and be dropped off at any on- or off-campus location. There are no designated stops. Students must provide a valid university ID prior to riding. The shuttle is free and limited to seven passengers a trip. It will not pick up or deliver students to any bars. The armed driver, provided by Admiral Security, will instead pick up at the corner nearest to the bar and may deny any STAFF GRAPHIC BY CATHERINE COTTON / THE MAROON English majors scramble for workshop seats By MAGGIE CALMES THE MAROON With more students taking the creative writing sequence, seats are in short supply Some English writing majors are frustrated at what they consider a shortage of English workshops available in Spring 2007, and many are asking why steps haven't been taken to increase accessibility. Though relatively small, the English writing sequence is one of the fastest growing concentrations on campus, with now more than double the number of students taking writing than those enrolled in the literature concentration. Loyola employs five professors who exclusively teach English writing classes, and the department is offering 10 writing courses in the spring. However, only five of the classes are creative writing courses, three of which are Introduction to Creative Writing. The others are courses like Expository Writing, Grammar and Language and Professional Writing. Megan Stabiler, an English writing junior, was one student who had trouble finding a suitable class for the spring. "When signing up for classes for Spring 2007,1 felt completely constrained as to what classes I could take," Stabiler said. "While creative writing is my major, I like to concentrate see FINALS, page 2 see SHUTTLE, page 4 see WRITING page 3 The Wolf Magazine 5 in this weeks Maroon low*****™ MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | LIFE & TIMES, page 6 | SPORTS, page 10 | EDITORIAL, page 14 | NEWS TIPS: 865-3535